Why Vegetarians Are Eating Meat Analysis

In the article Why Vegetarians Are Eating Meat Christine Lennon acknowledges the health and moral benefits of eating local farm raised animals. Christine and her vegetarian husband have been debating the topic of eating meat for years. They came to the conclusion that eating a balanced diet of fresh vegetables and ethically raised meat is the best option. They supported this with testimonies from farmers, scientists, vegetarian chefs, and multiple former vegetarians. Christine has written a good argument using ethos, pathos, logos, and addressing the opposition based on dietary facts while addressing the ethical worries of vegetarians in hope of convincing them that eating both meat and vegetables is the more healthy and moral option. The author addresses the opposition of vegetarians in a clear and sensible manner. She uses a quote from Mariel Hemingway an actress, model, and author of “Healthy Living from the Inside Out “ “we should not support anything but ethical ranching, but when I eat meat, I feel more grounded.” (686) both showing concern for the proper treatment of animals and proper human dieting. By …show more content…
One of her reasons to eat meat was to support local farms, and while Mr.Nauta did sound like a fine fellow she never made me grow a emotional attachment to his well being. While she does pull from numerous stories of vegans finding a better alternative in a balanced diet they seemed repetitive and if you did not know who the celebrities were beforehand it leaves a much smaller impact. The most well used case of pathos in the argument was that of her and her husband's relationship “We’ve found a healthy balance somewhere between the two extremes” (687) is good advice for every relationship. Using anecdotes and the story of their journey to find this balance is at the heart of this paper and the best case of pathos